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High medieval · Hindu · India
Pamani Naganathar Temple
Pamani, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.6903°, 79.4512°
Shiva as Naganathar (consort Amirthanayaki)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Pamani, historically Tiru Padaleswaram, counted among the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams and sung by Sambandar, Sundarar and Appar in the Tevaram. It serves as a Rahu–Ketu parihara sthalam, with its remedial rites performed on Fridays and Sundays.